(12 Jan 2024, 8:41 pm)RobinHood wrote You'll probably see more of this kind of thing going forward, due to recent management changes meaning the same people now manage both Stockton and Redcar.

(12 Jan 2024, 8:18 pm)Ryland wrote Presuming loan. Alot of the redcar buses are currently off the road

(12 Jan 2024, 10:12 pm)Mike_98 wrote Did the Redcar management get removed or stocktons or was it a bit of both. In my opinion Redcar have had decent management considering they have to deal with very old buses always breaking down on extreme hilly routes.

(12 Jan 2024, 11:30 pm)Storx wrote Arriva North East (not Northumbria) in general is a shambles though, the state of some of the fleet that we've had to suffer in recent years is a disgrace, 1407 and 1409 - in particular. 

(12 Jan 2024, 11:40 pm)mb134 wrote 1407 was widely regarded as one of the best buses in the fleet, IIRC. Very reliable and it performed incredibly well.

(12 Jan 2024, 11:30 pm)Storx wrote Other way surely? Coming from someone outside the area, Stockton seems the only depot out of the 4 Southern depots which isn't a complete mess.

Arriva North East (not Northumbria) in general is a shambles though, the state of some of the fleet that we've had to suffer in recent years is a disgrace, 1407 and 1409 - in particular. Not a clue who dumped them up here. Cleaning seems a foreign idea down there and the limited times I've used Durham buses straight from a Blyth bus you'd think it was a different company. Credit the Stockton X12's always seemed fine.

I nearly thought I'd say a miracle happened today and all the Solo's were out all day at Ashington today but surprise surprise 2854 another Darlington shed, went tech again.

(13 Jan 2024, 12:34 am)Mike_98 wrote E300
1355 CX58 EVV (Only a few days)

Pulsars
1436 NK10 CEU (Been out since before Christmas)
1448 NK10 CFN (Over a week)
1449 NK10 CFO (Few Days)

Temsas
4700 YJ59 AZV (Few Days)
4705 YJ59 BHW (October 24th)
4711 YJ10 DHD (Over a week)
4716 YJ10 DHM (Few days)
4718 YJ10 DFU (20th December)

Gemini 2s
7401 NK64 FSF (Last in proper in service 7th June)
7402 NK64 FSG (11th December)
7404 NK64 FSL (Few Days)
7405 NK64 FSN (Christmas Eve)
7610 NK59 DMU (Few Days)

ALX 400s
7424 LJ55 BPZ (8th November)
7426 LJ55 BRX (Few Days)

(13 Jan 2024, 12:00 am)Storx wrote Apologies, meant from a PAX point of view there, rather than engineering like damaged seats backs etc and no-one bothering to sort it out either.

(13 Jan 2024, 12:43 am)mb134 wrote Are you sure they're all VOR? As stated in another thread there are multiple vehicles across multiple companies which haven't been tracking correctly for a while now given the issues with ticketer/3G capacity.

(13 Jan 2024, 12:54 am)Mike_98 wrote I'm 90% Certain. I know personally I haven't seen them myself when I've been on my travels unless someone else can verify that they have. Some might be back tomorrow though I would imagine. A list that big won't be like that for long.

(13 Jan 2024, 9:27 pm)megansmith wrote 1355 IS GETTING MOT AND ROAD TEST THAT WILL BE BACK SHORTLY AT REDCAR

(13 Jan 2024, 12:34 am)Mike_98 wrote Stockton are fairing decently now they have swapped some older Pulsars for the Lites. I know they did it because they have a Ex Wrightbus Engineer at Stockton but that was a great swap for them. In terms of Darlington, I don't know too much about their fleet but they seem decent since they got the Ecolites. Even though it probs won't happen it would be interesting to see Darlo swap all their lites for Stockton Pulsars and Stockton would be near enough full of Lites. Even thought it won't probably happen it would be really cool to see. 

Redcar, even thought it ain't their fault have it the worst. Currently they have a tonne of vehicles off the road. Some only for a little while and some for really long periods of time.

E300
1355 CX58 EVV (Only a few days)

Pulsars
1436 NK10 CEU (Been out since before Christmas)
1448 NK10 CFN (Over a week)
1449 NK10 CFO (Few Days)

Temsas
4700 YJ59 AZV (Few Days)
4705 YJ59 BHW (October 24th)
4711 YJ10 DHD (Over a week)
4716 YJ10 DHM (Few days)
4718 YJ10 DFU (20th December)

Gemini 2s
7401 NK64 FSF (Last in proper in service 7th June)
7402 NK64 FSG (11th December)
7404 NK64 FSL (Few Days)
7405 NK64 FSN (Christmas Eve)
7610 NK59 DMU (Few Days)

ALX 400s
7424 LJ55 BPZ (8th November)
7426 LJ55 BRX (Few Days)

Even though some have only been off for a few days that list shouldn't be that long. I know the B9TL's I think I getting some treatment ready for the summer X93/X94 I think, but the X93 hasn't been suffering any problems. All the other services that redcar operate have been suffering with cancelled services or some showing up over 15 minutes late and some breaking down, especially on the X2/X3/64/64A Rota. I'm personally amazed how Arriva haven't been punished by the Transport Authority yet. Time will tell to see what happens.

(13 Jan 2024, 10:15 pm)Storx wrote Obviously, we won't ever know but are the buses off the road because of the Redcar engineering aswell though? I'm not going to dispute the routes but other depots around the country especially in Scotland don't have no-where the issues which Redcar have with similar fleets. The Temsa's in particular work an easy shift really.

(16 Jan 2024, 11:22 pm)tyresmoke wrote 4705 is finished don’t think that one will see the road again. Various others have headed back out recently. 7401 is an ongoing saga with a rear axle I gather, replacement fitted was a low speed one which went predictably well on X93s. Think it managed two attempts at an X94 back in the summer and was never seen again!


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(16 Jan 2024, 11:22 pm)tyresmoke wrote 4705 is finished don’t think that one will see the road again. Various others have headed back out recently. 7401 is an ongoing saga with a rear axle I gather, replacement fitted was a low speed one which went predictably well on X93s. Think it managed two attempts at an X94 back in the summer and was never seen again!


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(17 Jan 2024, 4:20 pm)Ryland wrote How come 4705 won't see service again.
And if there still on going issues with the rear axel issues with 7401 what els3 can be done. 
Are 7401-6 staying with redcar for their summer season